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Electric vehicles don’t work well in the cold? Nobody told Volvo CE – and they’re putting a fleet of battery electric equipment assents to work, collaborating with Sweden’s largest ski resorts to go fully fossil free. Volvo CE has been working on a pilot project with Swedish resort company SkiStar to develop a roadmap towards more sustainable, fossil-free ski resorts. The project is intended to show that climate-neutral construction projects are possible when applying holistic decarbonization solutions to job sites. A Volvo L25 Electric wheel loader and PU500 Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with an integrated charger from Volvo Energy are…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Electric vehicle emissions costs are anticipated to continue to decline through 2025, after which they could stagnate, rise, or fall, depending on key factors such as the evolution of the power grid, battery technology, and public policy. A new Carnegie Mellon study finds that the climate change and human health costs of owning and operating a plug-in electric vehicle in coal-heavy regions of the eastern United States have dropped dramatically as coal-fired power plants that supply electricity to charge electric vehicles have been displaced…
BYD will launch new variants of the Qin Plus and Chaser 05 in Glory Editions on February 20, both starting at RMB 79,800, or $11,100, according to local media. (Image credit: CnEVPost) BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDF) will launch new variants of two of its sedans two days later, aiming to take further share from the traditional fuel car market at lower prices, according to a new report. BYD will launch new “Glory Edition” variants of the Qin Plus and Chaser 05 on February 20, both priced at RMB 79,800 ($11,100), local automotive media outlet D1EV said in a report today. The…
EV sales not only increased in 2023 overall, but they were higher than 2022 levels for every month of the year, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Car sales are seasonal, and they always have been, so there’s no reason to expect that total vehicle sales or even EV sales broken out will go up every month. Yet that’s exactly what DOE data show. EV sales by month in 2021, 2022, and 2023 (via U.S. Department of Energy) EV sales rose sharply each month of 2023, versus the two years before, according to the DOE. And while the…
Among the top 5, Tesla only produces BEVs, while the other automakers produce both BEVs and PHEVs. BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDF) continued to dominate China’s NEV (NEV) market in January, with its share well ahead of second place. BYD’s retail sales of NEVs in January were up 48.0 percent year-on-year to 206,904 units, according to a ranking table released today by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). BYD topped the Chinese NEV market in January with a 31 percent share, the only one with a share of more than 10 percent. BYD released figures earlier this month showing it sold 201,493…
Employees will be paid as usual until February 18, and after March 15 only HiPhi employees in Shanghai will receive basic pay, according to local media. (Image credit: CnEVPost) As other electric vehicle (EV) makers celebrate the first working day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, premium EV maker Human Horizons’ HiPhi brand is halting production, marking a further deterioration in its operations. Shanghai-based HiPhi held an internal meeting on February 18 and announced a six-month production halt with immediate effect, local media outlet Jiemian reported today. Employee salaries prior to February 18 will be paid as usual, Jiemian said,…
A video shared by Nio shows the ET9 letting the thick snow covering its body fall through significant body shaking. (Image credit: Nio) Nio (NYSE: NIO) has demonstrated the capabilities of its executive flagship sedan ET9’s SkyRide chassis system in a new video, as China marks the first working day after the Lunar New Year holiday. At the start of the new year, the ET9 came out into the snow and ice to kick off winter testing, Nio said in a post on its WeChat account today. A video shared by Nio shows the ET9, covered in thick snow, demonstrating…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The Ford F-150 Lightning had a surge of sales at the end of 2023, but I have to admit that its production and sales are not ramping up as quickly as I’d hoped. It seems American pickup truck consumers still need some more time to get accustomed to plugin their trucks in at home rather than taking them to a gas station to get robbed. As you can see above, the F-150 Lightning had just a little more than 24,000 sales in the US…
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In recent years, the American car market has been pushed toward becoming a significantly more electric one by the Biden Administration’s strict Environmental Protection Agency rules. Those car tailpipe emission rules are so strict that they could result in two-thirds of all new cars having emissions at all by 2032. But now, after months of pressure from automakers, dealers, labor unions and the other side of the political aisle, the White House may ease up on that plan—a move that will sure to draw the ire of EV proponents and anyone sounding the alarm over global warming. This report comes…